Houston, Texas, United States
High-impact, high-energy leader that has proven track record of working in challenging environments and acheiving results. International & Global Fortune 500 company experience across Finance/Accounting. Strong across all financial disciplines including Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Budgeting/Forecasting, Corporate Finance Decision Support/Business Partner, Credit Risk, Operational Treasury, M&A, and Transactional & General Accounting. Strong leadership and managment skills and effective communicator across all organizational hierarchy. Excellent presentation skills and ability to communicate and message across all organizational hierarchies. Motivator and developer of employee talent. Experienced leader with a strong track record of working in challenging environments undergoing change. Areas of expertise: Financial/Accounting Management- Negotiations- Corporate Governance- Project Management- Process Improvement- Long Term Business Planning- Mergers & Acqusitions- Risk/Fraud Management- Business Development- Business Integration- Change Management- Oil & Gas- Power- Mark to Market Accounting/FAS 133- Operational Treasury- Liquidity Management-Budgeting/Forecasting- Financial Modeling
Vice President/Regional CFO for Germanischer Lloyd Americas Region (U.S., Canada, Mexico & Brazil) Responsible for Regional Finance Department including financial reporting, budgeting, long-term planning, forecasting, general accounting, transactional accounting, (including billing, accounts payable, payroll and collections) credit, operational treasury, taxation and financial systems implementation and integration. Coordinated year-end external audits for legal entities within the region and responsible for management representation letters pertaining to North American entities. Providing leadership and decision-making with regard to deal reviews, project profitability, contract reviews (financial) and all capital investment decisions. Led rollout of pricing tool to safeguard project profitability and bring financial discipline approach to project-oriented work. Led discovery and mitigation efforts of Accounting risks and internal controls. Reduced U.S. DSO by 40 days through improvement in order to cash process Introduced and implemented credit risk disciplines to minimize risk exposure Instituted quarterly balance sheet reviews and reconciliations across all regional entities to ensure financial integrity Project Sponsor for Great Plains project accounting system implementation and enhancement Implemented regional shared service integration, consolidating transactional accounting activities from various U.S. locations and Canada Defined and implemented internal controls and accounting procedures where none previously existed across billing, collections, A/R, A/P, and month-end accruals.
Led company Corporate FP&A Team Led weekly executive management reviews supported by financial and operational dashboard publication Developed Return on Equity methodology to support company investment decisions Responsible for company-wide management reporting and budgeting and forecasting processes Supported CFO in preparation of quarterly earnings calls and packaged external investor relations financial presentations Decision Support for Constellation Energy Resources Chief Operating Officer Operational Treasury management and reporting of company cash flow, FFO to debt and net available liquidity. SEC Financial Reporting
Decision Support to Avaya Global Sales Financial oversight to $1B in sales and $200M in selling expense Developed and modeled customer profitability analysis to assist management and maximization of contribution margin Developed sales deployment and vertical based investment theory to better align sales reps with market opportunities MBA Rotational Program - Mergers and Acquisitions Group - Global Services FP&A - Decision Support for Consulting, Solutions, and Implementation business unit